Grand Hotel - cinema review

admission free

(Usa 1932) directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery b/w, 113', 35mm, Italian dubbed version In a luxurious hotel in Berlin, many stories intertwine: a Russian ballerina on the twilight of her career; a self-professed baron and playboy; an industrialist and his secretary, dreaming of becoming an actress. Between comedy and drama, this film is a perfect example of the MGM Studio stylein the 30s, sporting some of the brightest stars in Hollywood, Garbo and Crawford leading the pack. Based on Vicki Baum's bestseller, the script is written by William A. Drake and Béla Balázs, the great Hungarian Cinema theorist.

Info: Sala CinemaEntrance on mid floor of the staircase in via Milano 9AAdmission free while places last